Chilies and China: Brian Dott on how a New World import defined regional cuisines in China
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What Are the Factors That Led to the Rise of Chilli Peppers in China?
Chili peppers can expel excess moisture in the winter time. It has an anti microbial characteristic to the capsason chilies. There's a number of sources that say that chily pepper is a miraculous cure for hemeroids, which seem super counter itive. And even when inflicting a recipeit for if you get bitten by a snake,. You can put a poultice of chiles on the snake by is supposed to help reduce the swelling and reduce the pain.
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